There are any number of scatological figures of speech one might use when referring to sewer systems. But sewers create opportunity. Where sewers go, development follows and money flows. Those pipes carry more than waste — they carry connections and green-flowing mana. Continue Reading

Local Cub Scouts joined in the great Rockland Cleanup by picking up around the Sloatsburg Train Station and Municipal Building. / Photo courtesy of Cub Scouts Pack 46

The Cub Scouts of Tuxedo and Sloatsburg are cleaning up around here.

As part of the Keep Rockland Beautiful campaign, the scouts from Cub Scout Pack 46 cleaned up around the Sloatsburg municipal building and train station, picking up the trash that other folks discarded. Continue Reading

The Village of Suffern budget process careens into the last week of April, trailing more questions than answers. A Special Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 27, at 7 p.m. at the Village Hall — according to local law, the budget must be adopted before or on May 1. Continue Reading

Regional watershed experts, professionals and guardians will gather at Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah, NJ, for the 20th Annual Ramapo River Watershed Conference. Continue Reading

For the first time in decades, the Village of Sloatsburg will not be represented on the Ramapo Central School Board. Continue Reading

Another Earth Day dawns in Rockland County – but then isn’t every day Earth Day?

Back in 1970 Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring helped kick start the environmental movement. Her warnings about pesticides and industrial pollution proved prophetic — just ask a honey bee. Continue Reading

Two homes on Schoolhouse Road next to George F. Baker High School in Tuxedo were gutted in an early Sunday morning fire, leaving two families displaced. The Town of Tuxedo has started a community drive to help both families. / Photo courtesy of William A. Sweet

The Tuxedo mutual aid call went out to the Sloatsburg Fire Department just after 2 a.m. Sunday morning. A house fire on Schoolhouse Road, next to George F. Baker High School, had spread next door to a neighbor’s property and soon enough fire departments from the surrounding communities were on the call. The Sloatsburg Ambulance Corps also responded to the emergency. Continue Reading

Hudson Valley Honor Flight participants gathered at Stewart International Airport for Mission #7 to Washington, D.C. as part of the Hudson Valley Honor Flight program. / Photo courtesy of Mike & Daphne Downes

Veterans of WWII and the Korean War from throughout the Hudson Valley gathered together recently for a day of celebration and more. Continue Reading

The narrow roads in Hillburn were filled with cars Tuesday evening as a large turnout of students and parents made their way to the Ramapo Central School Board meeting. Continue Reading

Suffern-based photographer Michael Malandra in his Elements Gallery beside his shot of the Bavarian Church Steeple — the image was selected by Torne Valley Vineyards as the label for its new German-style white wine Gewürtztraminer.

Local travel and adventure photographer Michael Malandra said he’s not much of a wine drinker himself, though he’s not averse to a nice beer or good whiskey (whisky for those Scots drinkers). Nevertheless, a photo Malandra took overlooking the quaint Bavarian town of Randersacker, Germany will adorn a German-style white wine from Torne Valley Vineyards. Continue Reading